Gone By Lunchtime Podcast
1) 10th birthday special: Live with Wayne Brown and Andrew Little
The mayors of Wellington and Auckland join Toby, Annabelle and Ben for two very special live events in recent days at the Embassy and Q Theatres. Discussion ranges from the state of the two cities to ...Show More
2) Ben Thomas reports from the shitstorm
A catastrophic failure at the Moa Point wastewater plant in Wellington has laid bare a short-term crisis and a crisis of short-termism. Fortified by nothing but the balm of poo jokes, Ben Thomas relat...Show More
3) Are Peters and Luxon on a collision course?
As Christopher Luxon announced an election date of November 7, a strip of the North Island was under siege from another bout of brutal weather. As the clean-up and recovery continues, and families and...Show More
4) Summer Reissue: Bonus ep - Thoughts on the Jacinda Ardern film and book
Gone By Lunchtime is taking a break over summer. We’ll be back soon with new episodes but, until then, here’s one of our favourites from 2025: Hot on the heels of the publication of A Different Kind ...Show More
5) Summer Reissue: Juggernaut 2
Gone By Lunchtime is taking a break over summer. We’ll be back soon with new episodes but, until then, here’s one of our favourites from 2025: After the breakneck reforms of the 80s, Jim Bolger’s pro...Show More
6) New Year special: 2026 in NZ politics
Annabelle Lee-Mather, Ben Thomas and Toby Manhire take a quick break from partying atop the Sky Tower to discuss the highlights from the political year that was, before sharing their predictions for 2...Show More
7) Summer Reissue: Emergency politics Toddcast - The National Party after Muller
Gone By Lunchtime is taking a break over summer. We’ll be back soon with new episodes but, until then, here’s one of our favourites from the vault: At 7.30am, just 53 days after he replaced Simon Bri...Show More
Summer Reissue: Emergency politics Toddcast - The National Party after Muller
39:22 | Dec 23rd, 2025
8) Breaking: everything is good now
His summer break may only be 20 minutes long, but Christopher Luxon goes into it grinning, on the back of a poll that saw a swing to the right, boosted economic confidence data, maybe staring down a m...Show More
9) The Luxon conundrum
There’s a lot of talk about challenges to Christopher Luxon’s leadership. Toby, Ben and Annabelle do as they must and talk about the talk and whether there’s more to it. First on the agenda, however, ...Show More
10) The Police and the bad apple thesis
A shocking report by the Independent Police Conduct Authority has revealed a litany of serious failings in the handling of complaints relating to the disgraced former deputy commissioner Jevon McSkimm...Show More